Author's Craft Techniques

a short, funny, or interesting story related to a character or events is

• language

• anecdote

• mood

• hyperbole

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Exaggerations that make things sound bigger, better, or more than what they truly are

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• none of the above

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What does the hyperbole, "I have a million things to do today" mean?

• There are a million things to do today.

• There is nothing to do today.

• There is a lot to do tomorrow.

• There is a lot to do today.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of these is a hyperbole?

• They lived in a small cabin in the woods.

• The boy was taller than the Eiffel tower.

• Jackson was eating a bite-sized candy bar.

• The moon is overwhelmingly beautiful tonight.

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I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I am so hungry I could eat a slice of pie.

• Hyperbole

• Not a Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

One day when I was outside a dog ran up and stole my sandwich!

• Fact

• Opinion

• Anecdote

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Stereotypes can be positive or negative

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.6

A stereotype is when...

• a person accepts things as they are.

• a person loves everyone as they are.

• a person has a fixed idea of another person.

Is this a hyperbole?
Mary will be back in just a second.

• yes
• no

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A